Orkney is a magical place for artists,
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48uep6bbphidval|PAINTING ORKNEY
| Day 1 | Arrive in time to meet everyone and enjoy a relaxed dinner at the Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall, our base for the
week. Then look ahead at the week’s activities.
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| Day 2-7 | The essence of the week will be drawing and painting in the field, so the itinerary will be very
flexible in order to make the most of the conditions and locations. Each day will begin with breakfast
together, before heading out for the day with packed lunches, returning in good time for dinner.
During the evenings we will enjoy discussing what we have learned that day, demonstrations,
show-and-tell sessions and reflecting on the day’s wildlife, sketches and paintings.
Each day we shall explore Orkney’s most beautiful wild places, painting the landscapes and
searching for wildlife.
Sites will include:
Brough of Birsay: This tidal island is acccessible
via a natural causeway and offers an abundance of rockpools, seabirds and possibly even cetaceans.
Marwick Head: One of the best places on the mainland for puffins, as well as other seabirds.
Skara Brae: An entire prehistoric settlement with rooms and passages, beds and pottery, exposed by
a fierce storm some 5,000 years after it was built.
Yesnaby: Spectacular old red sandstone coastal cliffs, sea stacks including Yesnaby Castle, blow
holes and boiling seas, Yesnaby is one of the few places where the rare Scottish primrose grows.
Kirkwall museum and Scapa Flow: One of Britain’s most historic stretches of water.
Hoy: A short ferry ride will take us to the island of Hoy where we shall walk over moorland in search of both Arctic and great skuas, admire the dramatic seacliffs and enjoy views over the impressive sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy.
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| Day 8 | After breakfast, we will sadly say farewell.
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